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About "Gray"

I had the opening banjo riff lying around literally for years. Then one day I was staring out at the gray fog and drizzle that had been hanging around for days... weeks... months (??)... that's St. Petersburg's climate for you. I started humming along with the riff, a sort of Winnie-the-Pooh "complaining song":

"Gray. Another gray day. Just like yesterday." Aha! This could be a song!

That's how it started. That's how it stopped until winter set in and the woodstove fired up. One evening after dinner at the end of a hard-at-work week, my wife and I were sitting in front of it finishing our wine. The blaze was waning and I said "I'll toss on another chunk... pour another round of that there tasty vintage" (or words to that effect). Another "Aha!" moment on the way to the woodpile. The rest was just the craft of songwriting.

Well, OK, yeah, there might have been some hoochie-coochie involved at some point.

Credits: Banjo: Robert Palomo Guitar: Robert Palomo Mandolin: Robert Palomo Bass: Robert Palomo Vocals: Robert Palomo Recorded at the All Natural Studio, Toksovo, Russia Recorded and mixed by: one guess!

"Gray" – Original Song Lyrics

GrayAnother gray dayAnother gray day just like yesterdaySeems so long that the sun's been awayBut we won't let gray get in the way

Chorus:I'll put another log on the fireYou pour some more of that rich ruby wineSit close by my sideWe'll rekindle the desireThat still smolders in the embers of our soulsThrough all this timeAnd the gray can't win the dayIn two hearts that follow the wayOf loveOf real true love

GrayBadger grayFound some more in my beard todayThat badger grayIs here to stayBut we won't let gray get in the way